Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the oak.
Job 20:5 - Revised Standard Version that the exulting of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless but for a moment? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the godless and defiled is but for a moment? [Ps. 37:35, 36.] American Standard Version (1901) That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment? Common English Bible that the rejoicing of the wicked is short, the joy of the godless, brief? Catholic Public Domain Version that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version That the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment. |
Joab said, “I will not waste time like this with you.” And he took three darts in his hand, and thrust them into the heart of Absalom, while he was still alive in the oak.
And ten young men, Joab's armor-bearers, surrounded Absalom and struck him, and killed him.
And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king abated.
For you say, ‘Where is the house of the prince? Where is the tent in which the wicked dwelt?’
For what is the hope of the godless when God cuts him off, when God takes away his life?
that a godless man should not reign, that he should not ensnare the people.
I have seen the fool taking root, but suddenly I cursed his dwelling.
Behold, this is the joy of his way; and out of the earth others will spring.
Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look well at his place, he will not be there.
“Not every one who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.
But let each one test his own work, and then his reason to boast will be in himself alone and not in his neighbor.